Montpellier, 1758 : went to the W. Indies, 1762 : Attorney-General for Grenada, made a fortune : went to India in 1781, as Secretary to Lord Macartney, when appointed Governor of Madras : sent on a Mission to Warren Hastings at Calcutta, 1782 : negotiated wtth Bussy and Suffrein, 1783 : arrested General James Stuart 1783 : negotiated a treaty with Tippoo, 1784 : to England, 1784 : pensioned by the Court of Directors, and made a Baronet, 1785 : F.R.S., 1787 : D.C.L., Oxford, 1790 : Secretary to Lord Macartney's Embassy to China, 1792, and wrote an account of it, 1797 : died Jan. 14, 1801 : buried in Westminster Abbey.
STAVELEY, SIR CHARLES WILLIAM DUNBAR (1817–1896)
Son of Lt-General William Staveley : born Dec. 18, 1817 : educated at the Scottish Military Academy, Edinburgh : entered the 87th regt., 1835 : A.D.C. to Governor of Mauritius, 1840–3, and in N. America, 1846–7 : served at Hong-Kong : in the Crimea : Lt-Colonel, 1854 : C.B. : served in Madras, 1857 : in the Pekin expedition, 1860 : commanded British Force in China, 1862 : named C. G. Gordon, R.E., to the Chinese to command their forces in the Taiping rebellion : K.C.B., 1865 : commanded a Division in Bombay : and the first Division in Abyssinia : C. in C, Bombay, Oct. 1874, to Oct. 1878 : General, 1877 : G.C.B., 1884 : died Nov. 23, 1896.
STAVELEY, WILLIAM (1784–1854)
Born July 29, 1784 : entered the Royal Staff Corps, 1804 : served in the Peninsula, 1809–14 : D.A.Q.M.G. at Waterloo : C.B. : in the Mauritius, 1821–47 : D.Q.M.G. and Commandant of Port St. Louis, 1825 : acted as Governor, 1842 : Maj-General, 1846 : commanded at Hong-Kong : and a Division of the Bombay Army : C. in C, Madras, Oct. 1853, to April 4, 1854, when he died en route to the Nilgiris : Colonel of the 94th regt.
ST. CLAIR, HON. LOCKHART MATTHEW (1865–)
Born July 25, 1855 : son of Baron Sinclair : educated at Wellington and Cooper's Hill : joined the Indian P.W.D., 1876 : Engineer to the Nipal State, 1899 : Superintending Engineer and Secretary, P.W.D., Central Provinces, 1900 : C.I.E., 1902.
STEDMAN, SIR EDWARD (1842–)
Born July 27, 1842 : entered Royal Artillery, 1860, and became Colonel, 1885 : served in Hazara campaign, 1868 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : Inspr-General of Police, in Burma, 1887–91 : Q.M.G., India, 1892–5 : Chitral Relief Force, 1895 : commanded ist Class District, India, 1895–9 : Military Secretary at the India Office since 1899 : C.B., 1887 : K.C.I.E., 1897: K.C.B., 1902.
STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847–)
Born April 2, 1847 : daughter of George Webster : married a Bengal civilian, 1867 : lived in India till 1889 : author of many novels, dealing with India, From the Five Rivers, The Potter's Thumb, Tales from the Panjah, On the Face of the Waters, In the Permanent Way, etc., etc.
STEEL, SIR SCUDAMORE WINDE (1789–1865)
Entered the Madras Army of the E. I. Co., in 1805 : served in Berar, in the Pindari war, 1808–9 : in the Mahratta war, 1817–8 : in the Burmese war, 1826 : Secretary in the Military Department at Madras, 1832–45 : in the taking of Coorg, 1834 : Lt-Colonel : C.B., 1838 : Military Auditor-General, 1845 : commanded the Madras Division in the Burmese war, 1852–3 : K.C.B., 1853 : retired, 1856 : Lt-General, 1861 : died March 11, 1865.
STEEVENS, CHARLES (1705–1761)
Lieutenant in the Navy, 1729 : at the attack on Cartagena, 1741 : took rein-forcements to India in 1757 : second in command under Sir G. Pocock (q.v.), at Madras, in naval actions, 1758–9 : Rear Admiral : as Naval C. in C. at Madras co-operated with Coote in the capture of Pondicherry, 1760–1 : died May 17, 1761.
STEIN, MARK AUREL (1862–)
Born Nov. 26, 1862 : son of M. N. Stein, merchant, of Zombor and Budapest, Hungary : educated at Budapest and Dresden : studied, 1879–84, the classical languages and antiquities of India and Iran at the Universities of Vienna, Leipzig and Tubingen : Phil.D. in 1883 :
